Linotype-machine.



W. E. BERTRAM.

LINOTYPB MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 110v. 23, 1911.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914,

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\VILLIAM E. BERTRAM, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL TYPESETTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LINOTYPE-MAGI-IINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1.9 H.41-

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM E. BERTRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in linotype machines and more es pecially to the matrix distributing mechanism thereof, and the object of this invention is to provide a simple and improved device for detecting the presence of an odd matrix among the matrices belonging to any font that may be in use in the machine, the device embodying aso-called font distinguisher which cooperates with the different font distinguishing notches of the matrices, in combination with a graduated cam which is readily adjustable to set the font distinguisher in different operative positions corresponding to the locations of the font distinguishing notches of the matrices belonging to different fonts, and when the cam is so set, it will lock the font dist-inguisher in the selected position, the gradu: ated cam, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, having means for indicating appropriately the different set positions of the font distinguisher, thereby avoiding incorrect setting thereof.

To this end, the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawing: Figures 1, 2 and 3 show in elevation matrices belonging to different fonts and provided with differently located fontdistinguishing notches; Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the matrix distributing box from which the matrices are transferred to the distributer bar; Fig. 5 is an end elevation partly in section of the parts shown in Fig. 4: and as viewed from the left thereof; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the graduated cam.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

' may be of the construction commonly used fer the matrices to the distributer bar.

on linotype machines and serving to transm distributing box contains rails 2 along which the matrices 3 travel. The lower edge of each matrix is provided with a notch the location or lateral position of which determines the particular font to which the matrix belongs. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, three matrlces 4, 5 and 6 are shown, these matrices belonging to different fonts and their lower edges are provided with differently located font distinguishing notches 7, 8 and 9. In Fig. 5, the lower edge of the matrix 3 is provided with a font distinguishing notch 10. In order to detect the presence of an odd matrix among the matrices belonging to a font which is being-used in the machine, a so-called font distinguisher is used, it consisting in the present instance of a finger or blade which is adjustable in a directiontransversely of the line of movement of the matrix while traveling through the distributer box, and this finger when properly set registers withthe font distinguishing notches of the font in use and permits the passage of such matrices. This finger or blade, however, will engage the unnotched portion of an odd matrix and Wlll prevent passage thereof. This finger or blade 11 in the present instance is fixed on a stem or spindle 12, the latter being.

slidably mounted in the opposite sides of the distributer box whereby the font distinguishing finger or blade may be set in different positionsaccording to the locations of the font distinguishing notches in the matrices belonging to difierent fonts. This stem or spindle is provided with suitable means whereby it may be conveniently adjusted, it being shown as provided with a head 13 on its outer end which facilitates adjustment.

The present invention provides means whereby the font distinguisher may be readily set according to the locations of the font distinguishing notches in matrices belonging to different fonts and for locking the font distinguisher in the different set positions. Such means embodies in the present instance a graduated cam comprising a disk 14 which is rotatably mounted on a pivot 15 which may be attached to oneside of the distributer box and the periphery of the disk is provided with a suitable number of cam projections 16 which are offset progressively in a direction axially of the cam, the extent to which the different cam prosot projection into engagement with said notch.

To facilitate proper setting of the font distinguisher and to enable the operator to de termine at once the adjustment thereof, the different cam projections are preferably provided with numerals or other suitable designating characters which correspond to the designations of the different fonts. In order to prevent displacement of the cam after being set owing to vibration of the machine or other causes, a spring or friction washer 18 may be used, such a washer being shown in the present instance which is interposed between the rear side of the cam and the adjacent wall of the distributer box.

In using a font distinguishing device embodying the present invention, the cam is rotated until the appropriate cam projection engages in the notch formed in the stem or spindle of the font distinguisher as shown, for example, in Fig. 4;, this being accomplished by shifting the stem or spindle of the font distinguisher one step at a time to permit the passage of the cam projections successively through the notch until the appropriate cam projection engages the notch, and when the font distinguishing de vice has been so set, the stem or spindle 12 is held by the cam in a manner that will prevent shifting thereof in either direction.

I claim as my invention 1. In a linotype machine, the combination of a passageway for the matrices, a font distinguisher adjustable transversely of said passageway, and a device having a plurality of graduated projections adapted to cooperate therewith to retain the distinguisher in different adjusted positions.

2. In a linotype machine, the combination of a passageway for the matrices, a font distinguisher adjustable transversely of said passageway, and a device having a plurality of graduated projections adapted to cooperate therewith and retain the distinguisher in different adjusted positions, said projections having appropriate font designating characters.

3. In a linotype machine, the combination of a passageway for the matrices, a font distinguisher adjustable transversely of said passageway, and a device having differently located projections each adapted to cooperate with said distinguisher to set the same in different adjusted positions.

4. In a linotype machine, the combination of an adjustable font distinguisher, and a rotatable member bearing a set of circumferentially arranged graduated projections each adapted to cooperate with said dis tinguisher to set and retain the latter in different adjusted positions.

5. In a linotype machine, the combination of an adjustable font distinguisher, and a rotatable member bearing a set of circularly arranged axially spaced projections each adapted to cooperate with said distinguisher.

6. In a linotype machine, the combination of a passageway for the matrices, a font distinguisher adjustable transversely of said passageway, a graduated setting device cooperative therewith, and means for holding said setting device in different adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM E. BERTRAM.

lVitnesses CLARENCE A. BATEMAN,

CHAs. S. HYER.

Copiet of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

